Dark Blood Path

Xiao Yu heaved a sigh of relief as the two of them advanced smoothly. First order warriors were the strongest power at this stage, and among their group, it was occupied by only five members, each of whom could be considered a top master. Among them, there was even a warrior in the middle stage of the first order. The rest of the team consisted of individuals in the middle to late stages of the elementary realm, with a few even reaching the peak elementary level. Such a formidable team was a rarity on the entire continent of chaos. If they were to venture onto the continent, they would undoubtedly be able to establish a strong foothold in no time.

Han Kexin got a new innate skill, “Blood Transformation.” while the new innate skill Wang Chao developed was “Rage Body”.

As Jiang Xiaowen touched down on the ground, she made her way over to Han Kexin. The two women exchanged a gentle embrace, and Jiang Xiaowen said with asmile. “Congratulations, Teacher Han!”

He balled his fists and savored the explosive power that coursed through his body. As he struggled to catch his breath, his chubby face reddened with excitement. He couldn’t help but burst into a hearty laugh, exclaiming, “Hahahaha… This fat master is now at the first order! I’ve finally made it!” In reality, what he truly meant was that he could finally break free from the oppressive grasp of Jiang Xiaowen.

Jiang Xiaowen glanced at him and said, with a pooh, “Fatty, what are you shouting about?”

With his newfound strength, Wang Chao was filled with confidence. He held his head high and spoke with pride, “Now that we’re all at the first order, your old tricks won’t work on me anymore! What do you want? Do you think i’m still afraid of you?”

“Is that so?” Jiang Xiaowen narrowed her eyes slightly. Amidst the deafening sound of footsteps, she strode over with the half-abomination. With a smile, she said, “You’ll have to beat my bodyguard first!”

Wang Chao felt his heart skip a beat as he was stared down by the ugly and towering half-abomination. Despite his newfound strength, he knew he wouldn’t stand a chance against this guy in a fight. He took two steps back, trying to distance himself from the imposing figure. Finally, he closed his mouth and averted his gaze, snorting in disdain and showing his disinterest in engaging with her.

Xiao Yu gathered all the light spheres that had been dropped by the dryad. To his amazement, the dryad had left behind a total of six items, out of which two light balls were green, indicating that they were of green grade, which was quite impressive. It was no wonder that dryads were considered to be exceptionally rare creatures, as the items they dropped were even more valuable than those of ghouls and ogres.

Xiao Yu opened the first green light sphere, which turned out to be an alchemy scroll. It contained a second rank recipe called “Spiritual Potion”.

The Spiritual Potion was an incredibly valuable potion. Consuming just one bottle could restore spiritual power several times faster than absorbing soul gems, whch would make it one of the most sought-after potions in the coming two years. Almost every skilled expert would purchase it at a high price and carry one or two bottles on their person in case of emergencies.

Spirit Potions were not affordable for the average person, as they were quite expensive. In fact, the ingredients needed for the potion were not particularly rare. However, the alchemists who possessed the knowledge of how to create the spiritual potion could be counted on one’s fingers throughout the entire continent. This scarcity of alchemists directly resulted in the high price of the potion, which remained consistently high for a long time. The handful of alchemists who knew how to make the Spirit Potion made a substantial amount of money from it, and were included in the ranks of the most renowned alchemists on the continent.

This is a hard-to-find recipe!

As soon as Wang Chao laid his eyes on the seemingly useless and broken recipe, his face fell with disappointment and frustration, and the expressions of the other people were no different. Little did they know that this recipe would be almost equivalent to a cornucopia in the future, and its true value would be immeasurable. Even a hundred pieces of green equipment would not be able to match its worth!

Xiao Yu carefully put the blueprint into his ring, and then unsealed the second ball of light. It was a crystal of inheritance for curse-type second-rank magic—”Instant disintegration skill”!

All of a sudden, everyone almost had their eyes popping out in shock.

Unexpectedly… it unexpectedly dropped a crystal of inheritance precisely for the instant disintegration skill!

Xiao Yu could clearly recall that “Instant Disintegration” was a third-rank curse magic. But now, in his hand, was an inheritance crystal for second-rank magic, which left him feeling puzzled. However, after thinking about it, this could also explain why the dryad tried to use the instant disintegration attack twice on Xiao Yu, but both attempts failed. It was possible that, due to its lower grade, its success rate had dropped significantly.

Regardless of the circumstances, “Instant disintegration” has always been incredibly powerful magic that defied common sense, and it was also an incredibly rare ability in his previous life. Even until the end, few people were able to master this magic.

Currently, Xiao Yu has the opportunity to fuse the crystal of inheritance of the “Instant disintegration” skill, which was undoubtedly a great opportunity!

Wang Chao and the others strongly urged Xiao Yu to absorb the inheritance crystal immediately. However, Xiao Yu refused to do so because he knew that after accepting the inheritance, he would enter a dormant state for a certain period of time. Hence, he needed to find a safe enough place to absorb it.

Xiao Yu unsealed the remaining four white light balls.

The first item was a ring, but not just any ordinary ring—it was a space ring with a capacity of 30 square meters, ten times larger than the one he currently wore.

The second item was a long, blood-red whip that measured over two feet in length, and resembled the root of a dryad.

“Vampire Whip”, a high-grade white weapon, has the special effect of absorbing blood, holding the same ability as the dryad’s roots.

Han Kexin’s eyes lit up when she saw the weapon, and she hurriedly said, “Great! This weapon is tailor-made for me. Although the claws are both sharp, their attack distance is too short. I need a longer ranged weapon. Please give me this long whip.”

Xiao Yu also had the same intention in mind, and handed the whip to her without any hesitation.

The third item was a small, transparent green stone, about the size of two fingernails. It was crystal clear and shiny, like jade.

“Century Old Dryad Essence”, magic item, it holds the essence of a dryad condensed from absorbing the vitality of the earth and the forest. Carrying it can significantly increase the recovery speed of mental power. This was an extremely valuable alchemical material.

The fourth item was a leaf as emerald as jade.

“Century Old Dryad Leaf”, magic item, this is the most important leaf of the dryad. It contains powerful magic power, and it can reduce the effects of curse magic. It is also an extremely precious alchemical material.

Xiao Yu had heard of dryad essence and dryad leaves before. Dryad essence could be used in alchemy and had a 15% chance of increasing the quality level of the finished product. In the other hand, the role of dryad leaves was to increase the success rate of alchemy by 30%.

These two items were rare and precious treasures that were hard to come by in this world.

This battle not only allowed them to level up, but also resulted in obtaining a valuable batch of items, including the inheritance crystal for the “Instant Disintegration” skill, which could be considered a great treasure. Unfortunately, the corpse of the dryad couldn’t be consumed by the mutated slime. Otherwise, if it had swallowed a late-stage first-order monster, the mutated slime would have been one step closer to reaching the first-order.

Dryads also drop a large number of soul gems, more than ogres and ghouls combined, which was a great boon. The loot included six upper soul gems, while the intermediate and lower soul gems added up to nearly a hundred. All the harvested soul gems, except for the upper level ones, were distributed amongst everyone. Soul gems had multiple uses, such as repairing equipment, replenishing consumed spiritual power, or recharging the abilities of magic items, thereby reducing the time interval between uses. These gems were valuable materials that everyone had to reserve.

Although the unexpected encounter resulted in the loss of five team members, it also led to the death of a dryad and the creation of two first-order fighters. All things considered, it was a blessing in disguise for the entire team. Xiao Yu took a day of rest, and the next day everyone continued on their long journey.

The group had already covered nearly half of the distance from the cave to Zhao Changping’s camp, and they had completed one-third of the journey to the forest exit. Based on their current pace, they estimated that they would arrive at Zhao Changping’s camp in approximately half an month.

Xiao Yu planned to stay in the camp for some time, fuse the “Instant Disintegration” crystal, and then join forces with Zhao Changping to attack the entrance of the forest and enter the continent of chaos.

The team was led by five first-order masters, making it easy for them to overcome any dangers that they encountered on their journey. Additionally, there were a few more fighters who were at the peak of the elementary level. Unfortunately, they hadn’t come across any first-order strong monsters in the past few days.

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Two weeks passed in the blink of an eye.

The sixteenth day after killing the dryad.

Han Kexin shouted out, and the blood-red whip fiercely lashed out, hitting the back of a monster that looked somewhat like an orangutan. A large amount of blood was instantly drawn out and absorbed, and it was transformed into a blood-red mist-like energy through “Blood Sacrifice.” She stretched out a finger, and the blood-red mist energy instantly gathered at the tip of her finger, condensing into a sharp red cone. Under the control of her mental power, the cone shot out straight and easily pierced the bodies of two monsters.

A monster holding a vine swung down from the trees behind, wielding a hammer to sneak attack Han Kexin.

Han Kexin didn’t even turn her head. The blood mist swirling around her body condensed into a shield shape in front of her, blocking the monster’s heavy hammer strike. Then the shield decomposed into a misty form and transformed into a large hand shape, fiercely grasping the monster’s neck and throwing it away. The large hand then transformed back into blood mist and turned into countless small blood-red needles, raining down on the monster and shooting it like a beehive.

Han Kexin’s ability “Blood Transformation” was incredibly powerful. Once she reached the first order , she gained the ability to transform blood energy into various forms, both offensive and defensive, making her incredibly versatile. This ability even made Xiao Yu a bit envious, she was truly living up to the title of “Bloody Queen”, her potential was beyond compare.

Not far away, another battle was also ensuing.

Several monsters just raised their weapons when a blood-red shadow flashed by and sent one of the monsters flying. The other two monsters didn’t have time to react, and the red shadow flashed by again, sending another monster flying. The last monster finally reacted, but the blood-red shadow appeared again, and the wolf-toothed mace blasted it more than twenty meters away, almost turning it into minced meat.

Wang Chao stopped in his tracks. His body seemed to be covered in a sticky layer of blood, but upon closer inspection, one could see that tiny scales had grown all over his skin. Behind his buttocks, there was a long tail swaying, and his fangs were visible outside of his mouth. Two bone spurs protruded from his shoulders, making him look extremely ferocious.

This was his new innate ability, Rage Body”. It was a powerful shape shifting talent that enhanced strength and speed even more than the ability to rampage(berserk). However, once transformed, Wang Chao often cannot control his emotions, which were filled with slaughter, and loses control. If this ability was used together with his berserk skill, Wang Chao would completely lose control and turn into a monster.

This situation had occurred once before, almost bringing disaster to the team, but fortunately, Xiao Yu forcibly restrained him, and no chaos was caused.

The others were also fighting fiercely with the monsters. Each of them had experienced numerous battles, and the situation of the battle was completely one-sided. In less than ten minutes, more than a hundred low-level monsters were completely defeated.

Afterwards everyone started gathering their spoils.

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The group did not stop and continued to move forward.

Du Tao said, “If nothing unexpected happens, we should be able to reach the campsite you mentioned by tonight.”

Xiao Yu nodded slightly, secretly thinking in his heart, “It’s been almost a month since we last met. I wonder how Zhao Changping is doing now.”